2023-20234 NYSIPM Program Expansion Highlights

Regina provides in-person education, training and consultation and extension services in Western New York and throughout New York State. Her outreach efforts connect diverse urban, suburban, rural and agricultural communities with the strategies and resources they need to develop successful integrated pest management plans. Prior to joining NYSIPM, Regina served as a lecturer and instructor at Nazareth University (formerly Nazareth College) and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo, where she specialized in courses related to ecology and biology. 

As NYSIPM’s field crops specialist, Mike provides farmers and growers with the tools they need to address common pest concerns and develop comprehensive IPM plans in order to protect and increase yields and maximize resources. A fifth-generation New York farmer, Mike spent 25 years as a field crops specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s North Country Regional Ag Team, where he provided research-based field crop production recommendations and resources to farmers, crop consultants and agribusinesses, with the goal of improved crop production efficiency through increased yields, improved quality, decreased input costs, protected yields and new technologies. 

As NYSIPM’s first economist, Allan studies the economic benefits of adopting alternatives to neonicotinoid insecticides being developed at Cornell University and examines the economic impact of the invasive spotted lanternfly in agricultural systems, with a focus on grape production in order to help New York’s agriculture and viticultural communities make informed, risk-based decisions. Prior to joining NYSIPM, Allan, a postdoctoral research associate, worked with Professor Miguel Gomez in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, where he contributed to an economic analysis of on-farm integration of organic management of spotted-wing drosophila in fruit crops and analyzed the economic benefits of replacing tillage in organic grain crop production with new technologies. 

Sean brings a passion for botany, horticulture and organic farming to his role as program/extension aide for NYSIPM. He provides invaluable support to the Program’s digital development projects and the Network for Environmental Weather Applications (NEWA).  Prior to joining NYSIPM, he conducted bioinformatics analytics for Professor Thomas Bjorkman’s Eastern Broccoli Project.  

A recent graduate of Cornell’s Plant Sciences program, Hannah brings extensive knowledge and an eye for creativity to her role as a research technician at the Hudson Valley Research Laboratory where she supports IPM research and programs in myriad ways, including rearing insect colonies, monitoring and trapping pests, conducting bio-assays, collecting field samples and contributing photographs and illustrations for educational materials.